Pendant and bow construction for watches and the like.



H. W. MATALENE.

PENDANT AND BOW CONSTRUCTION FOR WATCHES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1911.

Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

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HENRY W. MATALENE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PENDANT AND BOW CONSTRUCTION FOR WATCHES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21,1913.

Application filed September 20, 1911. Serial No. 650,386.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY W. MATaLnx-n, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pendant and Bow Construction forlVatches and the Like,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tothose portions of a watch which comprise thependant and the bow whereby the watch is attached to a chain or thelike, and is intended to overcome the danger of accidental separation'of the bow from the pendant which exists in watch cases of the usualconstruction, in which the pivotal bearings at the ends of the how arevery short and are merely sprung into correspondingly shallow recessesin the pendant by slightly spreading the end portions of the bow, sothat the pendant is liable to be disconnected from the bow if a strongpull or strain is put on the watch. My invention, which overcomes thisdefect by providing a form of connection between the bow and the pendantwhich is absolutely secure against accidental separation, is illustratedin its preferred form in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 shows the bow in side elevation and the associated parts incentral vertical section; Fig. 2 is a plan viewshowing the under side ofthe cap piece hereinafter described; and Fig. 3 is a view similar toFig. 1, but illustrating a slight modification.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, 2 indicates thependant, which has a flat top surface, and 3 indicates a fiatbottomedcap piece, which has a central opening 4: and is clamped to the top ofthe pendant by means of a hollow bolt 5 screwed into the pendant andhaving an enlarged head adapted to bear upon the top of the cap piece,as shown in Fig. 1. Extending inward from the outer edges of thecombined cap piece and pendant at diametrically opposite points arecylindrical bearings 6 arranged in axial alinement with each other andterminating at their inner ends in cylindrical recesses 7 of largerdiameter, these bearings and recesses being formed one-half in the topof the pendant and the other half in the bottom of the cap piece, asshown in Fig. 2. The how 8 has its end portions turned inward towardeach other and arranged in axial alin-ement, and at its ends it isprovided with heads 9 adapt ed to lit the recesses 7 above described,while adjacent to said heads the end portions of the bow are formed andarranged to fit and rest simultaneously in the cylindrical bearings 6,so that after the parts have been assembled as shown in the drawings thebow is absolutely prevented by its headed ends from being disconnectedfrom the pendant unless the bolt 5 is first unscrewed and the cap piece3 removed.

The crown for operating the winding stem of the watch is shown at 10,and has a downwardly-extending shank which rotates in the hollow bolt 5and is adapted to be attached at its lower end to the upper end of thewinding stem. (Not shown.) Said bolt 5, therefore, cannot be unscrewedfrom the pendant either intentionally or afccidentally without firstremoving the crown 10, which in the form shown in Fig. 1 is recessed onits under side to receive the top of the bolt, so that said crown canrest upon the top of the cap piece 3 and wholly conceal the bolt fromview, thus giving the parts a finished appearance.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a form of my invention in which the pendant 2 andthe cap piece 3 are oblong, as contrasted with the circularconfiguration of the top of the pendant 2 illustrated in Fig. 1, and thebow 8 is also oblong, the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 being otherwiselike that shown in Fig. 2 except that the top of the bolt 5' and thebottom of the crown 10 are set into the top of the cap piece 3 and theexposed portion of said cap piece is shaped and finished in conformitywith the top of the pendant, the diameter of the crown being less thanthe major axis of the top of the pendant. in each arrangement relativelylong bearings for the ends of the bow are provided, thus promoting thedurability of the parts.

My improvements above described are particularly useful in connectionwith watches of the character set forth in my copending applicationSerial No. 632,312, filed on the 10th day of June, 1911, from whichwatches the sleeve usually contained in the pendant of a watch isomitted, so that the pendant may be made much smaller than is the casewhere such a sleeve is employed. Such watches may therefore have a smallpendant and still provide the desired length of bearing for the ends ofthe bow, the appearance of a watch being greatly improved by theemployment of a pendant oi small diameter. My invention is applicable towatches in general, however, and may be also employed in connection withlocket-s and the like, in which case the bolt 5 need not necessarily behollow, since a crown is not an essential part of a locket.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a pendant of a cap pieceresting on the top of the same and making a tight joint therewith at theperiphery of the meeting faces of said parts, a headed bolt passingthrough the cap piece and screwed into the top of the pendant, said cappiece and pendant being jointly provided with cylindrical bearingslocated at opposite ends of a diam-etrical line and terminating inenlarged recesses, and a bow having its end portions journa-led in andcompletely inclosed circumferentially by said bearings and provided withheads located in said recesses.

2. The combination with a pendant of a cap piece resting on the top ofthe same and making a tight joint therewith at the periphery of themeeting faces of said parts, a headed bolt passing through the cap pieceand screwed into the top of the pendant, said cap piece and pendantbeing jointly provided with cylindrical bearings located at oppositeends of a diametrical line and terminating in enlarecd recesses, a bowhavi112 its end portions journaled in and completely inclosedcircumferentially by said bearings and provided with heads located insaid recesses, and a rotatable crown overlying the top of the bolt andrecessed to receive the head of the same, whereby the under side of thecrown is caused to bear upon the top of the cap piece.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 18th dayof September, 1911.

HENRY lV. MATALENE.

Witnesses Many A. OBRIEN, HAROLD Evnnn'r'r NESBITT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

